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Word: ref (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...standout, not until the next night in Cleveland when he sinks 12 of 17 shots and scores 28 points. But nobody is disappointed Friday --at least not in Section 80. The guy with the bottle stayed awake most of the game, not dissolving into dreams of his college ref days until midway through the fourth quarter--when it's all wrapped up. The brothers from Roslindale only swear at the refs. And the kid with the ankle weights stops smiling and starts messing up his hair...

Author: By Bill Mckibben, | Title: Larry Bird -- Savior for Section 80 | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

With less than a minute remaining in regulation and the Harvard men's soccer team desperately pressuring the Amherst net for a tiebreaking goal, the Lord Jeffs' coach scampered frantically onto the field, shouting "Hey Ref, ref, the clock froze...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Booters Knot Amherst, 1-1 | 10/11/1979 | See Source »

...field was pretty bad, but we had played the whole game on it," Crimson Captain John Sanacore said afterward. "A tie on the road is fine for them. But if the ref stopped the game then, he should have stopped it earlier and replayed it," Crimson captian John Sanacore said yesterday...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Booters Knot Amherst, 1-1 | 10/11/1979 | See Source »

...disconsolate Gregoire and angry coach Johnson claimed that the referee should have warned the boat about the buoy and wanted the race re-run. But the ref, Robert Morey (a former Yale Olympian rower) ruled that both squads were instructed about the buoy in advance, and vetoed the proposal...

Author: By Jon Ledecky, | Title: Heavyweights Salvage Season | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

...then there's the voice. It's a Buggsy Moran kind of bark, and he uses it to alternately chide and cajole his players, and to pick apart the opposing team's game from the sidelines. And occasionally, just occasionally, he'll do a little ref-baiting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pete Carril Keeps on Pluggin' | 2/18/1978 | See Source »

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